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lonestar2004
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"French CNN" seen operational by end of 2006
#4999818 - 11/30/05 06:32 PM (18 years, 2 months ago) |
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French CNN" seen operational by end of 2006 Wednesday 30 November 2005, 9:51am EST
By Sophie Louet
PARIS, Nov 30 (Reuters) - France's government gave the green light on Wednesday for an international TV news channel to start broadcasting in French by the end of next year, with the aim of spreading the country's vision to the world.
The brainchild of President Jacques Chirac, the 24-hour news channel is expected to beam into homes, hotels and newsrooms in much the same way as U.S.-owned CNN, Britain's BBC World and more recently Qatar's Arabic-language al-Jazeera.
"France must ... be on the front line in the global battle of TV pictures," a spokesman quoted Chirac as telling the cabinet, which approved the establishment of a company to run the French International News Channel (CFII).
The aim is to bring France's values and its vision of the world to everywhere in the world," he said.
The state has committed itself to funding the channel under an agreement lasting until 2010. Thirty million euros ($35.30 million) in credits have been set aside in the 2005 budget and 65 million euros in the 2006 budget.
Government officials say the projected high cost of the venture would be offset by a gain in world influence. The channel would promote a vision of a "multipolar" world that is not dominated by one superpower, such as the United States.
State-owned broadcaster France Televisions and commercial television company TF1 have equal stakes in the company, which Chirac promised would benefit from "public financial means to match its ambition".
Culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres referred to the channel as "CNN the French way ... before the end of 2006."
The project has taken longer than expected to get off the ground, partly because of the difficulty of working out how private and public television companies could work together.
The channel, which has already been approved by the European Commission, is intended to broadcast initially to Europe, Africa and the Middle East, and aims to expand later to Asia, the United States and South America.
Many French people have long lamented the demise of their mother tongue as the "lingua franca" of diplomacy. It has largely been replaced by English, due in large measure to the political and economic might of the United States.
The Internet, for example, is dominated by the English language. But French has at least 65 million native speakers and a further 60 million who count it as their second tongue, according to recent figures.
French television has already been available for years on satellite through TV5, a consortium of French-language channels from France, Switzerland and Belgium that beams the French nightly news to cable viewers.
France already has two 24-hour channels broadcasting in France -- news channel LCI, which is a subsidiary of TF1, and the new BFM channel, which concentrates on economic news.
France also has an international French-language radio station, RFI.
http://today.reuters.com/business/newsArticle.aspx?type=media&storyID=nL30762703
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Re: "French CNN" seen operational by end of 2006 [Re: lonestar2004]
#4999829 - 11/30/05 06:35 PM (18 years, 2 months ago) |
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Government run news media? France is the epitome of tyranny.
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lonestar2004
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Re: "French CNN" seen operational by end of 2006 [Re: looner2]
#4999929 - 11/30/05 06:59 PM (18 years, 2 months ago) |
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I love that they're not even trying to hide the stations purpose.. Anti-American Propaganda!
I wish the pussies at CNN would do the same.
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Re: "French CNN" seen operational by end of 2006 [Re: looner2]
#5001534 - 12/01/05 07:50 AM (18 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
looner2 said: Government run news media? France is the epitome of tyranny.
I was thinking North Korea or Iran had that title...
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Re: "French CNN" seen operational by end of 2006 [Re: Unagipie]
#5001954 - 12/01/05 10:47 AM (18 years, 2 months ago) |
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They better watch out, there's a new kid on the block
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